Who are we praying to? The first answer that comes to mind is to God. That's right, our Lord Jesus Christ. And to whom? Virgin Mary, right. And also? Saints, probably. Not sure - for sure. We pray to the saints. And to whom? And silence in response, thought hard.
We also pray to our guardian angel. We will talk about him in the article. We will answer all the questions listed in the annotation.
Who is a guardian angel?
This is an angel who is attached to a person at baptism. God gives it to every baptized person. What is an angel for? To help his ward in good deeds. In addition, he protects a person from all evil. It protects it and softens life hardships as much as possible. From the very name "keeper" it becomes clear that this is our spiritual guard.
An angel is invisible, but it is believed that it stands behind the right shoulder of a person.
Do non-baptized guardians have angels?
As we said above, a spiritual guardian is given at baptism. Until a person accepts this sacrament, he does not have a guardian angel.
For him to appear, one must be baptized, respectively.
When to contact your angel?
This is the most interesting question that you can hear. What needs do the guardian angel pray for? Yes in all. There is no specifics in this matter. Did trouble happen? Call your guardian angel for help. In joy, do not forget about him, thank you for your help.
In any everyday need they resort to the help of a spiritual guard.
How to pray to him?
Almost everyone knows the most common prayers such as "Our Father" and "Virgin Mary, Hail". But when it comes to prayer to one's own guardian angel, a person is lost. And how to appeal to him? Where to get a prayer?
If you do not know the prayers, this is fixable. Here is her text:
Holy Angel of God, my Keeper, pray to God for me as a sinner (sinner).
Only ten words that are easy to remember. This is the simplest and most affordable prayer to your angel, as well as the shortest.
And what canon repented of the guardian angel? When is it being read? The main topic of our article is devoted to this.
Is it possible to lose an angel?
For what faults is a guardian angel selected from a person? We hasten to reassure, there are none. An angel is given to a person at baptism and for the rest of his life. But if a person leads a dissolute life, then he drives away the spiritual guardian from himself.
What does "dissolute life" mean? He lives dishonestly, in a lie, chasing after the blessings of life. Even if he has a lot, he continues to chase after profit. The sins of fornication (sexual intimacy without marriage), wine drinking (alcoholism) and others are more appropriate to be silent.
Imagine a little excrement next to you. They smell terrible, I want to move away. And this is just a very small handful. Now imagine that you were near a smelly mountain. Feel a nasty smell that makes a nauseous lump grow in your throat. You see the excrement so nasty, nasty, dirty brown.
Particularly susceptible vomiting. They will twist a finger at the temple and think, why describe it? Yes, the fact is that when we sin, we become like smelly excrement. Each of our sins smells bad, forcing the angel to move away. But we can completely leave the stinking heap, but he has no right to leave us.
An angel stands on the sidelines and cries bitterly because of his ward. And to that the tears of an angel are not visible and not heard, continues to lead a dirty life, becoming like a stinky bunch.
Somehow it becomes a shame to those who are given to us at baptism. Is it possible to correct the situation? Sure. In the first place, it will be appropriate to repent before God and his angel.
About repentance
What it is? Sincere desire to change your life. Cleanse yourself from sin and never again touch it. Great wish. It is difficult to implement it, all the time you need to work on yourself. Strictly monitor your thoughts, words and actions. At first, it helps to record your own mistakes. Come on? Do not be too lazy to write a sinner. At least a week of such written observations of himself, and he wants to sin.
Where then to put this list? Bear to confession and give to the priest. He will break and forgive sins.
If with confession and repentance before God it is clear, then how to ask for forgiveness from your angel? Read the penitential canon of the guardian angel.
What is this canon?
In it we ask our spiritual guard for help, praying him before the Lord for us and ask for forgiveness for our sins. It is read mainly before the sacrament. But it is not necessary to read only before this sacrament. Feel the need to repent before an angel? Open the canon of penance to the guardian angel and read.
Where to get it?
As an option - listen to the video presented in the article.
The most ideal option is to find a penitential canon for the guardian angel in prayer. A prayer book can be purchased at any church shop. Do not chase a beautiful cover, buy the simplest and cheapest. Only in Russian. In a Church Slavonic newcomer it will be extremely difficult to understand what the canon is about. With the spiritual growth and understanding of the texts, it will be possible to switch to the Church Slavonic language.
Preparing for the sacrament
How is the reading of the canon of the penitent to the guardian angel related to the theme of the sacrament? The most direct. For before starting this sacrament, some prayer rules are read out:
- Canon to our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Canon to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- Canon to the guardian angel.
- Akathist to Jesus the Sweetest.
- Follow up to holy communion.
Spiritual preparation is not only about reading prayers and canons. Have to limit yourself to entertainment. Watching TV, computer games, listening to music - put it off for three days. It is recommended to avoid visiting guests, going to the theater, cinema, various entertainment events.
Husband and wife should not be intimate at this time.
If a woman has impurity (critical days), then it is forbidden to start the sacrament of communion.
What else can be said about preparation? On the spiritual side, they all told. Forgot about bodily fasting. It is forbidden to use products of animal origin: meat, milk, eggs, cheese, cottage cheese. Alcohol and smoking are not allowed. Three days - not so much, you can endure.
For sick, pregnant women and nursing mothers, relief is given regarding fasting. As well as for children. But this is individually discussed with the priest. He knows better to whom and how to give relief.
Before communion it is necessary to confess. Sins can be written on a piece of paper, or can be voiced orally.
The repentant canon is read before the sacrament to the guardian angel, as mentioned above.
Canon of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Where to look for him? And why read?
The Savior has left us a great shrine - His Body and Blood. Under the guise of bread and wine, we partake of the body of the Lord and drink His blood. This is scary, it does not fit into consciousness. An inner thrill always arises before the Chalice: if only communion were not in court and in condemnation. But in the remission of sins and in eternal life.
And here is the penitential canon to the Theotokos and the guardian angel? With the last we figured out. We apologize to him for his sins. Just as we ask the Mother of God to help us, save and pray before the Lord, that His communion will benefit us.
Communion: benefit or harm?
So, we found out what to read before the sacrament: the prayer rule, which includes the canon of the Lord, the canon of the Virgin, guardian angel and prayers for the holy communion. Talk about the latter.
The subtitle name seems strange and even scary. How could communion be to the detriment? On this occasion, you can tell this: a little boy is standing in the temple and looking at how people approach the Chalice. And then he says that out of forty people, only one took communion. He was told that this was not true. After all, everyone saw how many participants approached the Chalice. To which the boy replied that the angel took the sacrament from other people.
Sounds scary. It seems to be communion, but in condemnation. Why is this happening? From insufficient repentance, awareness of the meaning of the sacrament of communion, and therefore, careless preparation for it.
When to read the rule?
Where to get the penitential canon to the guardian angel in Russian, we found out. To get the simplest prayer book, it will surely reveal the necessary rule for the sacrament. Or listen to the video presented in the article.
And when to read it? Typically, canons are read on the eve of Communion Day. If you decide to receive communion on Sunday, then the penitential canon for the guardian angel, the Lord and the Virgin is read on Saturday evening.
Despite the apparent scope of the rule, the proofreading time is no more than 30 minutes. And just as much is reading the follow-up to holy communion.
Is it possible to read the canon at a time of danger?
Canon guardian angel in Russian listen to the video in the article or buy a prayer book. When they read it, we talked about it above. Is it possible to turn to an angel at a time when a person is in real danger? Not only possible, but necessary.
If there is time and opportunity, read the penitential canon to the guardian angel and ask for intercession. There is no way to read the canon, to mentally say a prayer to the spiritual guard. He will not leave his ward in trouble.
Read at home or in the temple?
Another issue that is of interest to beginners in the faith. How to read the canon to the guardian angel: in prayer or video, at home or in the temple? And if we figured out the first part of the proposal, then the second has yet to be done.
They read the rule of communion, usually at home. After the evening service, if you were on it and confessed. If you plan to confess in the morning before the sacrament, then you can read the canon repented to the guardian angel and the rest can be done during the day.
As already noted, canons are read quickly, they are short. Manage in half an hour.
What else to read?
The composition of the prayer preparation for the sacrament includes three canons and a follow. In Russian, the canon of the penitent guardian angel can be heard on the video presented in the article. Or read in the prayer book, as well as the whole prayer rule. This must be read.
At will, an akathist is read to Jesus the Sweetest, the Most Holy Theotokos and Nicholas the Pleasant. Keep in mind that if you read the three canons, the three akathists and the follow, then calculate the time. It takes at least two hours.
Is the gospel worth reading before the sacrament? There is a desire - read, it will not hurt. In general, the gospel is read daily, and not before the sacrament of the sacrament. A certain rule has been established that is read before embarking on the meal of Christ. We talked about him above.
Summarize
The purpose of the article is to tell the reader what a penitential canon for a guardian angel is (the text is presented in the video).
In addition, the article talks about who such a guardian angel is, why it is given to a person, how to behave so as not to alienate the spiritual guard. The preparation for the sacrament was also told: how to observe physical and mental fasting, during which time it is necessary to fast. It is said about what prayer rule is established for subtraction before the Lord’s meal.
We highlight the main aspects:
- The guardian angel is the protector of man.
- He is given at baptism and protects his ward throughout his life.
- An angel cannot leave a person, but can move away from him.
- The worse our lives, the farther away an angel is from us. To fix this, you must acknowledge your sins and bring sincere repentance for them.
- We confess to confession. But it does not hurt to ask for forgiveness before the spiritual guard. To do this, they read the penitential canon to the guardian angel in Russian. Or in Church Slavonic, if you have reading experience.
- The canon of the guardian angel is part of the prayer rule for the sacrament.
- Before communion, bodily and spiritual fasting is observed, the necessary rule is deducted.
- You can begin the sacrament after confession, permissive prayer, and blessings received from the priest.
- Turn to your angel in any situation. At the time of danger, this appeal will come in handy. If it is not possible to read the canon, read the prayer. It is given in the article, short - only ten words.
Conclusion
Now our reader knows what kind of canon he has repented to the guardian angel when he is being read, what is the point of reading.
An angel is our intercessor and prayer book before God. He has the boldness of the Savior. Pray to your spiritual guard, ask for help. There is no possibility or desire to read prayers and canons, ask in your own words. He will certainly help those who sincerely ask for it.